Re: [rtcweb] To multiplex or not!

"Timothy B. Terriberry" <tterriberry@mozilla.com> Wed, 20 July 2011 13:58 UTC

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> Besides, it has been discussed that A/V synch should be maintained
> within a MediaStream. This is something you would lose if you split it
> up and transport it using separate peer conn objects.

Actually, one of the major design goals of the MediaStream API is to 
allow the synchronization of multiple, separate MediaStreams, and I've 
been working with roc to ensure that this is, in fact, relatively 
straightforward to do.

Which is not an argument against a more explicit API for dealing with 
multiplexing (that argument belongs on a different list anyway).